Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-29
FOREIGN.

The Irish national league is organizing
to resist the coercion act.
Irish members OF parliament were givep
banquet the other night,
Rus la and England have finally settled
the African boundary question.
DE Lesseps has modified his prediction OF
the Panama canal being completed in 1885,
/ Royal assent has been given to the Irish
crimes act amendment, and the bill is thu
made the law of the realm.
revolution is in progress in Guatemala
President Barnelas has Issued decree
suspending the constitution and forbid
ding the publication OF newspapers.
Three hundred and fifty houses have
been destroyed by fire at Svenzjany, in
the government OF Wilma, Russia. Four
thousand persons are made homeless.
NJ. Kathof, editor of the Moscow Ga7.
cite and n trusted agent of the car in the
Bulgarian matter, no was thought TO he
convalescent, has had a relapse and is
dying
The official returns show that Q, 140 per
sons were eyicted in Ireland during the
quarter ended June b. OF these Is, were
re admitted as tenants and 5, 81 as care
takers.
There is some excitement on the Mexican
border over tha application by the treas.
ury department of the contract labor act
20 Mexicans who come across the Rio
Grande TO work
severe earthquake shock occurred at
Cairo, Egypt, the other morning. All the
mosques in the city were badly damaged
As far as has been a,certained one man
was killed and several injured
The report of the American bishops who
have been in uiring into the compatibility
of the doctrines of the K. of l.. with the
Catholic church, has not yet been submit.
ted to the sacred congregation.
Reports from Cas,ela state that the
friendly tribe, under Osman Digma have
attacked the Madhists near that place, and
that their loss was very heavy. Twelve
hundred are reported TO have been killed
The town of Bacariac, Mexico, has been
visited by a sue cession OF shocks that have
reduced the whole town TO ruins. Most
of the people escaped, as they fed the
country, terror stricken, on the first dis
turbance.
Mrs. W. b. Mills, her two daughters and
a sister-in-law went into the lake near
Aberdeen, Ont, TO battle One OF the
daughters got beyond her depth and the
others went TO her res ne. The result was
that all except the younger daughter
were drowned.
During the week ending July IL severe
snow storms occurred in the Swiss Aims
Six tourists, including three sons OF the
director of the Zurich college have been
lost on the Jungfrau. Several parties
were sent out to endeavor to rescue them
but their efforts were unsuccessful They
were all Swiss.
The Dominion government will send
commissioner to Asia for the purpose Of
promoting trade between Canada and
China and Japan. All efforts Of the pres
ent Dominion government to extend Can.
ada's foreign trade have been utterly bar.
rem OF results Canaias foreign trade is
still on the decline.
The revolutionary party in the Sand
witch islands are determined that King
h alakaua shall sign the new constitution
or war will be declared at once. The king
hopes 10 receive substantial aid from
England The opinion Is very general
throughout the islands that the monarchy
viii end with the present king
Mrs. Haynes, wife OF farmer living
near Simcoe, Ont, was burned to death a
few days ago. The house caught fire and
in her efforts to extinguish the blaze her
dress was ignited. She burned to a crisp
screaming terribly, while a crowd Of farm
hands were unable to render aid. Death
soon followed. The house was also burned
down.